Drier



" H. N. BUZZBLL.

Driel.

Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORATIO N. BUZZELL, OF PANA, ILLINOIS.

DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 242,267, dated May 31,1881.

Application filed February 26, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HoEATio N. BUZZELL, acitizen of the United States, resident at Pana, in the county ofChristian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecitication.

Figure 1 is avertical central sectional view, and Fig.2is a horizontalsectional view taken on the line a' a: in Fig. 1.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for drying fruit orother articles.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, andparticularlypointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a receptacle, made round orocta-gonal, and of any material, brick being preferable, as it is a goodabsorbent of heat.

B are furnaces in the bottom, having doors b and chimneys C. In themiddle, at the bottom, is a step, D.

E is a shaft stepped in s tep D and running up through the drier Aandcoming out at the roof. To this shaft are secured radial arms F in oneor more series. On these arms are supported the shelves G, two or morein number; or the ends ofthe arms may be connected and short sections ofgauze H laid thereon.

I I are short tubes lleadin g from the inside of the drier, at the top,to the chimneys.

(No model.)

K is the door.

Fruits, vegetables, or clothes, as the case may be, are placed on theshelves, the door closed, and fire made in the furnaces. 'Ihe shaft E isthen revolved in any suitable manner, by belting or otherwise. As theheated air rises the articles are dried, the moisture leaves them, and,being whirled to the walls, it rises and passes out through thetnbesinto the chimneys. In these tubes I valves may be placed forpreventing too rapid escape otthe heat or regulating its escape from thedrier. A drier having two chambers, one above the other and both abovethe furnace, has been provided with a hollow central rotating shaft,thxough which the products of combustion pass tothe open air, spiralflanges upon the rotating shaft being relied upon to operate it. Thisconstruction is, however, not claimed herein.

What I claim is- In a` drier, the receptacle A, provided with furnacesB, chimneys C C, and valved pipes I, connecting the receptacle andchimneys, in combination with the central shaft, E, stepped in the stepD, provided with the shelves GH, and adapted to be operated by externalpower applied tothe shaft E above the root' of the receptacle,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testilnony whereof I aftix my signature in presence ot' twowitnesses.

Witnesses:

T. J. VIDLER,

W. M. TRIBBETT.

